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TitleCitizens’ action for water and sanitation
Publication TypeMiscellaneous
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsRyan, P
Pagination4 p.; ill.; tab.; photographs
Date Published2006-01-01
PublisherWaterAid
Place PublishedS.l.
Keywordsaccess to sanitation, access to water, millennium development goals, safe water supply
Abstract

For all the good intentions of governments and service providers too many poor people are seeing their entitlements to water and sanitation unmet. There is international understanding that access to safe, affordable water and sanitation are human rights, and yet poor people see few agencies acting with any urgency. There are the much-trumpeted poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) but poor people rarely see water and sanitation
anywhere among the priorities. At the current rate of progress the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of halving the proportions of people without access to water and sanitation will be missed by some distance. In these dire circumstances poor people are asking not only where is the water and where are the toilets, but also, who can be held accountable? A new source of momentum is needed to ensure that agencies stick by their
commitments, that governments put into place the legislation or policies necessary to support service provision and that service providers meet demand. There is an urgent need for action to ensure improved accountability. WaterAid is convinced that poor people themselves should be able to hold service providers and governments to account.

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